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Wednesday, President Obama flew to Connecticut to "campaign" for a 15 percent increase in the federal minimum wage. He was joined by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and three other Democratic governors to promote a minimum-wage increase to narrow the income-equality gap and presumably stimulate economic growth.

To me, however, it looked more like a political rally to generate votes for Democratic candidates in the 2014 elections than a genuine effort to help low-wage workers and boost the economy.

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Bob wrote on Mar 9, 2014 4:05 AM:

" Our real problem is not our minimum wage laws, it is how our corporations are allowed to pay foreigners and how little they have to regard any of our labor laws. If we really cared about living wages, child labor, workers rights, health safety, machines where in the past we knew companies would disregard safety to save ten cents a unit when their making billions. Anyway, what really is the point of our humane laws if we fill up our cart with inhuman purchases. It is almost like instead of Jesus dying on the cross he led his people to enslave others so they could eat bread and drink wine and study piously off the back of others. Very shameful. Our humane laws are meaningless, you have to look in our shopping carts to see we don't really care. "

" @ Bob..bottom line is this. THE ECONOMY SUCKS. Going into Obama's 6th year it SUCKS. Still blaming Bush??Nobody turns a recession into a depression better that a progressive.

When the economy is good, employers can't find workers. Everyone has a job. They are forced to pay more just to get help. Thats how you fix things, by letting the economy improve. It will happen in 2017 if CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS are elected. "

" Just the opposite of what the writer is saying....the only time a company creates a job is when there is a need for one....period. They don't care what the wage is if people are leaving their store because they can't get waited on ..the best way to drive our consumer driven economy is to increase wages which will all be put back into the economy....the only people this doesn't pertain to is the top 1% ....they offshore their money to the Caymans and Switzerland.....I should know I'm an accountant.... "

" Yes, so, Kitty, tell everyone, if you buy 50 dollars in junk from Walmart, they probably paid China 20 bucks for the Junk. Ten bucks Profits. So the guy in China makes ten bucks...who does he pay taxes...right the Chinese army. The same Chinese army our own oligarch will remind us is fearsome when we want to cut our own military. We could increase our own economy by having stuff made here. We possibly could even compete with the Chinese for an even bigger European market. "

" @BETWEEN....the people that send their jobs to third world counties didn't do it because of the minimum wage.....no American ever made 10.00 per week.........they do it for dirt cheap labor.....they exploit a country and then move on to the next.......they are a disgrace to all of America......look at apple with the iphone......a perfect example "

" Kitty..your president is a disgrace. Businesses are there to make money. When we price labor too high, they move. Just as all the businesses in the north east move to the Carolinas. This is what happens when government tries to manipulate the economy.

I am done explaining the economy and national security to someone who refuses to accept the facts for racial reasons. "

" @BETWEEN....you're explaining the economy to me?????.....north Carolina doesn't have those jobs anymore.......they are constantly on the move to find the cheapest labor.....they have left the united states......they are in the third world .......these companies are an embarrassment to the united states.....like I said look what happened to the iphone .......what are you talking about ....has absolutely nothing to do with race........ "

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